M1 - Crab Nebula in Taurus

Dear Friends,

Finally a small break in the bad weather we have been experiencing the past few weeks with a brief 3.5-hr window of opportunity after the moon had finally set to image the Crab Nebula in Taurus. I regret not pursuing the luminance portion in h-alpha (live and learn) and I will follow-up with a repeat visit which will most certainly include a heavy h-alpha component.

For those interested, please see www.perseus.gr/Astro-DSO-NGC-1952.htm .... the higher resolution version available by clicking on the hyperlinked image includes a "misplaced" asteroid on the upper left quadrant.

The seeing was quite horrible (FWHM 2.9 to 3.6 arc-secs) and a far cry from my usual 1.7 to 2.3 arc-secs.

Clear skies!

Thats a lovely image Anthony. It's nice to see it in a wide field of stars

You are showing perfect alignment there Anthony. Great colours too. I love the twinkle effect to the larger stars! Fantastic shot! Can you do a cropped larger image! I think there is more to what you've captured than what you are willing to show us here!

That's just stunning!

You can almost see the gas exploding out!

Bart.

Jaw dropping!

Magnificent Anthony, simply stunning.

Is there much light pollution where you image from?